CWC meeting: Congress to focus on urban voters, assess setback in states won before Lok Sabha polls
Hindustan TimesCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge opened the extended Congress Working Committee meeting today in New Delhi, marking the party's first such gathering following the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The voters of India have rejected the BJP's 10 years of divisive, hateful, and polarising politics.” On behalf of the CWC, Kharge congratulated the newly elected Congress members of the Lok Sabha “who fought and won the elections in adverse circumstances”. Clamour likely in Congress huddle today Kharge thanked former party president Sonia Gandhi for her active participation in election preparations and alliance meetings and congratulated senior leader Rahul Gandhi for making the “Constitution, economic inequality, unemployment and social justice and harmony a public issue.” Highlighting the impact of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Kharge mentioned significant increases in vote percentages and seats for the Congress Party in areas where the yatra passed. However, he acknowledged the need for greater efforts to strengthen the party's influence among urban voters and to address underperformance in certain states where the Congress had previously done well in Vidhan Sabha elections but failed to replicate that success in the Lok Sabha.